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Wildlife in Cascades Raptor Center

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in the Cascades Raptor Center right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

2,632
recent observations
30
species listed
28
plants
1
mammals
1
other

Naturalists have logged 2,632 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in the Cascades Raptor Center. The most frequently seen is the Pacific trillium, with 163 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (28 of the species listed here), followed by mammals (1).

Rarer finds confirmed in the Cascades Raptor Center include Fairy Slipper - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Fairy Slipper
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Most-observed species in the Cascades Raptor Center

Pacific trillium
Trillium ovatum
163 observations
White Inside-out Flower
Vancouveria hexandra
157 observations · iNaturalist
Douglas's Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus douglasii
142 observations
western sword fern
Polystichum munitum
128 observations
giant white fawn lily
Erythronium oregonum
113 observations
Pacific Banana Slug
Ariolimax columbianus
111 observations · iNaturalist
fringe cups
Tellima grandiflora
107 observations · iNaturalist
Oregon iris
Iris tenax
105 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific poison oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
104 observations
Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa
102 observations
Nuttall's toothwort
Cardamine nuttallii
96 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa
86 observations
Pacific hound's tongue
Adelinia grandis
85 observations · iNaturalist
giant white wakerobin
Trillium albidum
81 observations · iNaturalist
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
75 observations
Ocean spray
Holodiscus discolor
74 observations
Candy Flower
Claytonia sibirica
74 observations · iNaturalist
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
73 observations
Shining Crane's-bill
Geranium lucidum
71 observations · iNaturalist
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
68 observations
Herb Robert
Geranium robertianum
66 observations
Columbia lily
Lilium columbianum
66 observations
western columbine
Aquilegia formosa
65 observations · iNaturalist
bigleaf maple
Acer macrophyllum
64 observations
Ookow
Dichelostemma congestum
64 observations · iNaturalist
common cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum
61 observations
trailing blackberry
Rubus ursinus
59 observations
Pacific Sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis
58 observations · iNaturalist
Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii
57 observations
lace lip fern
Myriopteris gracillima
57 observations · iNaturalist

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